Pumpkin Patch and Apple Picking

Here are few of our photos from the Pumpkin Patch! Hopefully I’ll get some of our trip to Red Barn Farm up soon!

Enjoy!

J munched on two different apples while we were picking.

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Emery slept through most of it…

 

She woke up just as we were getting ready to leave.

Funny things.

Two-year-olds say the most wonderful stuff…and I’ve been remiss in not documenting more of it. So I’m going to try to record some of the more amusing or sweet pieces of our conversations on the blog.

A few days ago:

J: Why do I cough?

Me: You cough to get snot and germs out of your throat.

J: Where does snot live?

Me: In your nose.

J: And sometimes in my mouth.

And a sweet one:

Me: We’re a family, we take care of each other.

J: I take care of Baby Em. I take care of Mama.

Me: Who does Dada take care of?

J: You. And me. And Baby Em.

Me: So we all take care of each other, right?

J: We take care of each other now!

Me: That’s right, J.

J: We need love. We all need love now!

And another sweet one:

J: Jonah has kitty cats!

Me: Yup. How many do you have?

J:  I need one more. (Holding up his one little finger.)

Me: You do? You have so many.

J: Need live one!

Me: Is that what you’re going to ask Santa for for Christmas?

J: Yeah!

Then, under his breath, he says to himself, “Be brave. Be brave.”

A little story

Just had to share:

Yesterday, Jonah and I did some Halloween crafts. We made ghosts to suspend from our ceiling, monsters out of old cereal boxes and spiders out of painted egg cartons. He was in heaven.

While we were hard at work, Emery sat in her little chair watching us. At one point, while punching holes in the egg cartons, I asked J to get Emery a toy to play with. He dropped what he was doing and ran into the living room.

So excited to get back to his crafts, he nearly tripped running back into the kitchen. He set the toy down on her tray.

Then he started to walk away. After about two steps, he stopped. He turned back to her.

He leaned over and pulled the little string on her toy to make it sing for her. Then he kissed her on the head.

Now that’s a good big brother.

Sitting Up!

E is now sitting up! She’s sitting support for a few weeks now,

but suddenly this week — she got it. She can sit by herself

wonderfully. Will try to post photos soon!

Emery is four months!

We had Emery’s four-month well-child check last Friday. All is well, Dr. says she’s looking great. She’s a lil thing…just 12 pounds, 11 ounces and 24 inches long. That puts her in the 25th percentile for weight and about the 50th percentile for height. Her big brother was already 15 pounds at this point — which is odd because he was a much smaller baby at birth.

More photos…

It’s tough to find time to post much…but here are a smattering of recent photos.

Here’s E sleeping in our bed.

And these are photos of J playing with one of best friends, Strawberry. Robyn gave him the horse for his second birthday. He loves it. He’s donning a cowboy hat from Grandma Lee.

In this one I told him to “be serious.”

Tailgating!

We took the kids along with us when we tailgated with our college friends at the Northwest vs. Pitt State game. It was a challenge getting out the door, but once we were there everyone (including Emery, I think) had a great time. She even let a few people hold her, as long as she was facing out so she could see Matt or I.

Emery at 2.5 months

We did a photo shoot with Emery at 2.5 months…here are my favorites.

Jonah is two!

Here are a few photos of the little guy.

In this one, he’s wearing his Super Hero cape! Grandma Lee got him a bunch of great dress-up stuff for his birthday. He LOVES being Super Jonah.

And in these pictures, he’s posing with all of his friends. He just recently started calling all of these animals his friends. He cares deeply about them…often scolding me if I happen to lean on one. Then he’ll pick them up, hug them and ask if they are okay.

He loves taking pictures and these came about because he was taking a few photos of his friends. Then he decided he wanted to be in a photo with all of them.

We asked him to smile:

Emery video

Here is a video of Emery…doing the two things she does best: Smiling and pooping.

Chatting with J before he goes running

Life at our house…

Here are few photos from the last few weeks:

Here is Emery cuddling with Dad.

Jonah getting ready to go for a “run.”

Jonah wiped out after a busy day with Nana Lee, Mom and Emery. I try to never let him fall asleep in the car…because he had trouble napping later. But this time, I didn’t notice until it was too late.

Bath time! This is Emery and Jonah’s first bath together.

Grandpa Lee

J and Grandpa “Papa” Lee.

July Birthday Celebration

Amy (our sister-in-law) and I celebrated our birthdays in July so earlier in the month we all got together for some food, drinks, swimming and cake.

Here are a few photos.

Casey, Amy, Maya and Cami talking to Emery.

Maya holding Emery. She kept insisting that Emery was her sister…not her cousin.

Jonah laughing really hard.

Cami playing with a ball. She just turned one.

Who does Emery look like?

JONAH!!

Here is a picture of Jonah when he was about four weeks old. They definitely look similar, don’t they?

Pictures of Emery

Here are two of Emery on her playmat. She’s just four weeks old!

Luv you.

Yesterday, after I placed Emery in Jonah’s arms…he looked at her sweetly and said, “Big brother love you!”

It was the first time that he has volunteered, without prompting, that he loved someone. Made me melt.

He is so, so sweet to her. It is still pretty amazing to me. He harbors no resentment for the way she has changed his life. And it doesn’t seem to be contingent upon praise. Even when he is ‘alone’ in a room with her, he talks to her and holds her hand.

It’s adorable.

Life….

Here are a few pictures of life at our house since Emery arrived:

 

 

Jonah holding Emery

Jonah went to bed Saturday, June 6 and woke up Sunday morning with a new baby sister. Matt went in and said, “Jonah, we have a surprise for you. Your baby sister came while you were sleeping.”

He was so excited to see her! This is the a picture from the first time he held her. In this picture, he is counting her toes.

A trip to the beach

The week before Emery arrived, we took Jonah to the beach for the first time. He had a blast digging in the sand.